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Although The Mindy Project is a good guess too, I didn't even bother setting up a recording for that one.

I haven't seen The Neighbors yet, you can't go wrong with Jami Gertz though, so I can't comment on it. I think Guys with Kids will get some longevity though because it's a Jimmy Fallon thing and right now NBC is totally in love with him.

Another one that may go soon, not first though, is Partners. It was just ho-hum.

The Mindy Project though... wow... I couldn't stand it. I know how I give people a hard time for deciding a show is no good after only seeing 5 minutes of it but I really hated it 5 minutes in. She just wouldn't shut up! I didn't laugh once, not even a chuckle. I forced myself to watch the whole episode though so I wouldn't be a hypocrite.

Just my opinion but this year's crop of scripted shows is the weakest in a long time. I actually like half hour sitcoms but I don't like premises that are so dumb they turn me off before I even tune in. Usually I find four or five to try, this year it is a stretch with two.

I suspect it's time for another paradigm shift in broadcast television; hopefully we won't see more unscripted tv or competition shows, and hopefully nothing even worse than that.

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Being the first show I have watched on CBS in I can't remember how long AND the fact that I like it means Vegas will go out early. Also anything on NBC that is new has little chance. After Revolution put me to sleep with ep. 2 I'd bet on it and definitely Animal Practice.

Just my opinion but this year's crop of scripted shows is the weakest in a long time. I actually like half hour sitcoms but I don't like premises that are so dumb they turn me off before I even tune in. Usually I find four or five to try, this year it is a stretch with two.

I suspect it's time for another paradigm shift in broadcast television; hopefully we won't see more unscripted tv or competition shows, and hopefully nothing even worse than that.

Well, for the most part I think that scripted programming has potential (although this year's programs don't show much of it). While it's true, there are only are 6 basic plots, the best scripted TV rises above that. I'm still waiting for unscripted programming go beyond some basic formulas:

(1) Show people we don't know getting (lightly) tortured in some way on their quest to win money(2) Show people we used to know in a way we can laugh at or root for them(3) Find an excuse to show people without a lot of clothes while doing (1) or (2)(4) Find a profession we don't want to do and make us like the people who do it...and, in only one case...(5) Find a way to make Americans actually care about foreign countries and locations through the use of (1), (2), (3) and some gratuitous but beautiful cinematography.

Am I missing anything?

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Well, for the most part I think that scripted programming has potential (although this year's programs don't show much of it). While it's true, there are only are 6 basic plots, the best scripted TV rises above that. I'm still waiting for unscripted programming go beyond some basic formulas:

(1) Show people we don't know getting (lightly) tortured in some way on their quest to win money(2) Show people we used to know in a way we can laugh at or root for them(3) Find an excuse to show people without a lot of clothes while doing (1) or (2)(4) Find a profession we don't want to do and make us like the people who do it...and, in only one case...(5) Find a way to make Americans actually care about foreign countries and locations through the use of (1), (2), (3) and some gratuitous but beautiful cinematography.

You can pretty much bet that anything on my "KEEPERS" list will have a good chance of being cancelled...

~Alan

Yeah, when you don't control the process, you just sorta have to speculate on what will still be there next week. We both have Elementary on our "Keepers" list, so maybe it'll have a chance. But, as you say, it also "...has a good chance of being cancelled".

Yeah, when you don't control the process, you just sorta have to speculate on what will still be there next week. We both have Elementary on our "Keepers" list, so maybe it'll have a chance. But, as you say, it also "...has a good chance of being cancelled".

"Elementary" had decent ratings... so it stands a good chance. I like JLM (still think it's funny he was married to Angelina Jolie), so that's good. It was a lot better than I expected.

"Made In Jersey" will most likely be cancelled shortly. The dialogue needed a lot of work, but I thought it had a LOT of charm. Sadly, a lot of the dialogue that needed work was used in the commercials, so that probably turned a lot of people off...

"Elementary" had decent ratings... so it stands a good chance. I like JLM (still think it's funny he was married to Angelina Jolie), so that's good. It was a lot better than I expected.

"Made In Jersey" will most likely be cancelled shortly. The dialogue needed a lot of work, but I thought it had a LOT of charm. Sadly, a lot of the dialogue that needed work was used in the commercials, so that probably turned a lot of people off...

~Alan

Wow, learn something new every day - didn't realize Jonny was connected to Angelina!

I haven't watched "...Jersey" ... something about the name of it sorta makes me cringe.

Like most folks here, I'm a bit jaded with all the network hype about their line-ups. History has a way of repeatedly proving them all collectively wrong. My defense mechanism (admitedly, with some Elementary exceptions) is to avoid them until the 2nd or 3rd season - once all the hoopla settles down and I see how they're really doing.

I'm sometimes tempted to take peek at on or two of them (Go On, Last Resort), but that usually ends badly.